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What Causes Vomiting When Suffering From Type 2 Diabetes?
Question: I have type 2 diebates and I throw up with out warning what could be the problem?
Brief Answer:
Diabetes
Detailed Answer:
Sorry to learn about your medical problem.
Throwing up without warning can occur in conditions other than diabetes too. Examples include 'mass or space occupying lesions in the brain'. I do not mean to induce panic as I am only sharing potential medical causes of vomiting.
Specifically in the context of diabetes, there is a condition called gastroparesis. This implies slowed emptying of the stomach. In general it can affect the entire gut and cause constipation as well.
Gastroparesis can occur as a consequence of high blood glucoses in the short as well as long term. So if you are running high glucoses recently, better control of diabetes is expected to improve your problem IF it is due to diabetes.
In the long haul, poorly controlled diabetes affects the (autonomic) nerves that control gut movement. Delayed stomach emptying results from this too, and can manifest as vomiting.
There are medications to improve this condition.
I suggest you see a gastroenterologist and an endocrinologist to first diagnose the cause correctly and then consider appropriate treatment options.
Diabetes
Detailed Answer:
Sorry to learn about your medical problem.
Throwing up without warning can occur in conditions other than diabetes too. Examples include 'mass or space occupying lesions in the brain'. I do not mean to induce panic as I am only sharing potential medical causes of vomiting.
Specifically in the context of diabetes, there is a condition called gastroparesis. This implies slowed emptying of the stomach. In general it can affect the entire gut and cause constipation as well.
Gastroparesis can occur as a consequence of high blood glucoses in the short as well as long term. So if you are running high glucoses recently, better control of diabetes is expected to improve your problem IF it is due to diabetes.
In the long haul, poorly controlled diabetes affects the (autonomic) nerves that control gut movement. Delayed stomach emptying results from this too, and can manifest as vomiting.
There are medications to improve this condition.
I suggest you see a gastroenterologist and an endocrinologist to first diagnose the cause correctly and then consider appropriate treatment options.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I fell and hit my head on metal frame on my bed had a large bump on the left side of my head , Started after this. could this be the cause?
Brief Answer:
Follow up
Detailed Answer:
Possibly but it can only be confirmed by a thorough physical examination, and CT scan of the head/brain.
It is best left to the discretion of the treating doctor which direction to proceed in
Follow up
Detailed Answer:
Possibly but it can only be confirmed by a thorough physical examination, and CT scan of the head/brain.
It is best left to the discretion of the treating doctor which direction to proceed in
Note: For further follow-up, discuss your blood glucose reports with our diabetologist. Click here.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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